About QCA

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History of the School

The Queen City Academy Charter School was chartered by the State of New Jersey in 1999. After a planning year, the school opened September 6, 2000 with seventy-two students in newly renovated facilities at 7-9 Watchung Avenue in Plainfield, New Jersey. The founders, many remaining active on the Board of Trustees, created a school where small class size and a caring and nurturing atmosphere allowed students to acquire more knowledge than it was commonly assumed they were capable of achieving.

Mission Statement

The mission of The Queen City Academy Charter School is to provide a nurturing and cooperative learning community where each student can achieve his/her maximum academic, creative and physical potential; develop a lifelong love of learning; develop respect for self and others in a multicultural world; develop self confidence and self esteem; function with high ethical standards; and accept responsibility.

The school has created an environment for the child to feel safe and secure and where learning is the most important reason for the child to attend. Our children are challenged daily both academically and personally with learning opportunities designed to excite his/her creativeness and untapped abilities. Each child is encouraged when discouraged and gently pushed when task completion appears out of reach, all the while consistently being held to high standards and personal responsibility.